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IBM Data Studio: Dawn of a New Era in Enterprise Data Management
IBM's ambitious vision for its IBM Data Studio suite, which works with DB2 and Informix today and other vendors' platforms in the future, will change the way data is handled from creation through destruction.
Issue 1, 2008

Enterprise Data Management: Governing for Data Security
Regulatory compliance is important, but it isn't the only factor driving data governance adoption. The need to secure private information and keep financial information accurate should be top of mind for every organization. IBM's Deb Jenson presents data governance best practices hold true for every data server environment, with specifics drawn from DB2 and Informix.
Issue 1, 2008

Workload Management: The Database Traffic Cop in DB2 9
DB2 9's Workload Manager lets you set workload priorities that meet service-level agreements and keep all other traffic flowing smoothly.
Issue 1, 2008

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Data Warehousing

Editor's Note: DB2 and Bono--Six Degrees of Separation
DB2 and the U2 front man help the National Geographic Society shed light on an ancient mystery.
Issue 2, 2007

Business Intelligence: Bringing Analytics into Operations
Automated decision-making increases agility and reduces errors
Issue 2, 2007

Business Intelligence in the Balance: IBM tackles BI's complex future with dynamic warehousing
IBM's dynamic warehousing concept and the IBM Balanced Warehouse address the challenges companies face as they reorient business intelligence and data warehouse systems to answer the demand for information
Issue 2, 2007

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Asked & Answered

Asked and Answered: DB2 for z/OS Buffer Pools and CPU Time
What affect will tuning DB2 for z/OS buffer pools have on CPU time?
Issue 3, 2007

Asked & Answered
DB2 DBA columnist Robert Catterall answers a reader's question about tuning DB2 for z/OS buffer pools.
Issue 12, 2007

How do you clone a portion of a database?
Database cloning column sparks request for more information.
Issue 1, 2007

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Industry Events
IDUG North America, May 6-10, San Jose, Calif. IDUG North America - May 18-22, 2008 - Dallas, Texas

TDWI European Conference - June 2-4, 2008 - Munich, Germany

IBM Information On Demand EMEA 2008 Conference - June 3-6, 2008 - The Hague, The Netherlands

LinkedData Planet - June 17-18, 2008 - New York, NY

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Book Notes: Susan Visser on DB2 and Informix Books [6.25 MB]
IBM Press Program Manager for Information Management Susan Visser covers the latest in Informix and DB2 certification titles.
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The latest entry in a host of books about service-oriented architecture (SOA) explains the benefits of organizing software with SOA as well as the underlying technologies SOA relies on, including: XML, WSDL, SOAP, XPath, BPEL, Service Component Architecture (SCA), and Service Data Objects (SDO). Business examples and figures illustrate the explanations.

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